ENGLISH GEORGE III STERLING SILVER WINE FUNNEL, 1801
This is an English George III sterling silver wine funnel with a two-part construction. It has a round bowl top with a reeded rim and a pierced strainer at the bottom, complete with a clip on the side edge. The long spout base features reeded accents and a curved tip.
HALLMARKS: The top is impressed on the side of the flange with a "JE" maker's mark, indicating John Emes, and four hallmarks: a lion passant for sterling fineness, a crowned leopard's head city mark for London, an "F" date mark for 1801, and a King George III duty mark. Additionally, the spout base is impressed on the side of the top with a "JE" maker's mark and a lion passant hallmark.
CONDITION: Overall condition good, light signs of wear. The item is described to the best of our knowledge. For further information, please refer to the pictures and feel free to contact us via email with any questions.
DIMENSIONS: 5 1/4 inches (13.3 cm). Weight: 2.945 ozt (83.5 grams).
PROVENANCE: This remarkable piece is from the collection of H. Marshall Goodman Jr. of Richmond, VA, USA.
ESTIMATE PRICE: $2,000 - $4,000.
HISTORY of SALES: A few years ago, silver wine funnels were sold on Live Auctioneers, Sotheby's and Christie's for $3,120 (18 years ago), $4,320 (12 years ago), $5,378 (21 years ago), and $7,500 (14 years ago) - please refer to the screenshots for details.
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WIKIPEDIA: Recent discoveries near Tbilisi, Georgia show 8,000-year-old pottery fragments, revealing the evidence of grape wine-making. and also evidence of ancient wine production from c. 6000, Iran from c. 5000 BC, Greece from c. 4500 BC, Armenia from c. 4100 BC (large-scale production), and Sicily from c. 4000 BC. The earliest evidence of a grape and rice mixed based fermented drink sometimes compared to wine was found in ancient China (c. 7000 BC). The altered consciousness produced by wine has been considered religious since its origin. The ancient Greeks worshiped Dionysus or Bacchus and the Ancient Romans carried on his cult. Consumption of ritual wine, probably a certain type of sweet wine originally, was part of Jewish practice since Biblical times and, as part of the eucharist commemorating Jesus's Last Supper, became even more essential to the Christian Church. Although Islam nominally forbade the production or consumption of wine, during its Golden Age, alchemists such as Geber pioneered wine's distillation for medicinal and industrial purposes such as the production of perfume. Wine production and consumption increased, burgeoning from the 15th century onwards as part of European expansion. Despite the devastating 1887 phylloxera louse infestation, modern science and technology adapted and industrial wine production and wine consumption now occur throughout the world.